Figures for June, July and August show that 370.7 mm of rain fell across the UK, making it the second wettest summer on record since the 384.4 mm of rain seen in the summer of 1912. These latest figures follow a record wet April, and an April to June period that was also the wettest recorded in the UK.
Felled trees make way for space shuttle Endeavour
In preparation for the space shuttle Endeavour’s final journey from Los Angeles International Airport to the California Science Center crews are clearing trees. The center plans to replace the trees and improve the city’s landscape, but some residents are unhappy.
Sudden spikes in global food prices to ‘become the norm’
Food price spikes caused by extreme weather events like the US drought will become the norm over the next twenty years, leading to millions of deaths from malnutrition among the world’s poorest if Governments do not act on climate change, Oxfam has warned.
Chinese city moves to limit new cars
It is as startling as if Detroit or Los Angeles restricted car ownership. The municipal government of Guangzhou, a sprawling metropolis that is one of China’s biggest auto manufacturing centers, introduced license plate auctions and lotteries last week that will roughly halve the number of new cars on the streets.
